Dismisses
[dɪs'mɪs]
Examples
- Directing the pitching of the chair in an affable and easy manner, Mr. Bucket dismisses the Mercuries and locks the door again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So full is the daily life of these things, and so much of a necessity have they all become, that their commonplace character dismisses them from conspicuous notice. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The old lady relaxes, consents to the admission of the visitors as a favour, and dismisses Rosa. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Either he is not aware of their existence at all, or he dismisses them as merely negligible--things which are vital to the other person. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It summarizes and dismisses the essential evils of the Great Power system. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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